Comments on: Every web site needs a Contact Form – whether you think so or not!

By: Martin Kono

Martin Kono — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:18:40 +0000

I agree! Contact form is just one of those things that just “have to” be there. Without that you lose in eyes of users your reliability.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:47:12 +0000

@Jonathan – examples?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:46:53 +0000

I’m still not sold. Some sites just don’t need a contact form.

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:37:54 +0000

I read this article with great interest as I am new to setting up sites. At the moment I have put a simple contact page on the sites which is easy to fine (I think).

After reading this article I think a contact form has benifits but a I will do a little reserach. I will put a contact form on some of my sites and monitor whether there is more responses to these sites than others without any contact form over a month or so.

Thank you
Pat
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By: admin

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:46:00 +0000

I wouldn’t worry about it – in all reality usually very few people use the contact form. In my experience – one in every 5-10,000.

By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:14:30 +0000

I totally agree! Contact forms are very important. They show that there is somebody behind the website that can help you out whichever your question is.
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By: Frank Tremas

Frank Tremas — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:18:20 +0000

Yes, I am aware of the difference between an opt-in form and a contact form. I am just a little worried that the number of people who’d like to contact you is huge. But from your reply I guess that that is not the case. In any case thanks for your article and your reply.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:02:52 +0000

A contact form and an opt-in form are quite a bit different. The contact form is for people to actually contact you. An opt-in form is so you can build a “list” of people that approve you to spam them with cool offers and things they can waste their money on. cforms ii is not for opt in forms – if that was what you were looking for you should read 10 Simple Steps to Add an Opt-In form to Wordpress.

By: Frank Tremas

Frank Tremas — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:42:33 +0000

I had never realized that there is such a big need for a contact form. The thing that is an eyeopener to me is that potential advertisers want to contact you, but that it is difficult to contact you because of the lack of a contact form. I have never done so on any of my websites, but after reading this article I will certainly consider adding a contact form to my websites.
But there is one thing that worries me in doing so. You do create a certain level of expectation among the visitors that you will reply to them. While this is certainly my intention, it might prove difficult in practice when you have hundreds of e-mails sent to you. How would you deal with that?

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:02:48 +0000

Absolutely true!!! EVERY website should have a contact form or section where visitors could leave reviews on their page, service or products offered.
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